Buyer beware: Online dating is full of big fat liars

Go ahead: call me shallow.

That’s fine. I really don’t mind. I’m comfortable enough with who I am to admit that I am, to a degree, shallow. We all are. Most people just don’t admit it. Sure, we like to believe that personality counts for everything, but let’s face the truth here: personality counts most in the long run, but for that initial, immediate attraction, physicality plays an important role.

That’s not shallow. That’s just life.

What is it like to turn 35?

I turn 35 today.

About a month ago, during a late-night conversation with a close friend, she asked what it’s like to turn 35, if I had any regrets, if I was happy.

I answered then, but it didn’t come out the way it should have.

I guess I should’ve answered like this:

So long as I don’t look like Justin Guarini …

I have been single for a long time.

There are, apparently, good reasons for this.